| Title: Chapter 12
| 04 Aug 2007 12:41 am
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| Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous)
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I discovered this fic, and though I was at first very much put off by the beginning abuse - to be frank, I went away and only just now returned - I am glad I did return, as the things that occurred after that are believable.
It is wonderful to see Severus has changed his attitude towards Harry, and that he has realized and is starting to get through to Harry about the Dark Lord's evil... yes, after torturing and raping Harry to break him, now he pretends to be a friend, tries to turn him away from the very one who acted to save him. I hope that Harry is recovered and pragmatic enough to believe Severus now, and to learn the Occlumancy he should have learned the previous year at school! Granted it was only due to curiousity - Dumbledore erred greiveously in not telling Harry more, and also in not following through on checking Harry every few days from the start - How Did That Happen?!?!?! Had he not been so remiss in his responsibilities, none of the horrors Harry has had to experience, would have - or at least, Harry would have been rescued from the Dursleys and not been at the non-existant mercy of Voldie & the DEs! That's the one bit of this that I absolutely, utterly do not understand - regardless of any level of busy with the DE's other activitieis, given the importance of Harry to the cause, I cannot see him not having followed up on Harry's lack of correspondance - keeping Harry safe was paramont, and his relatives never did care for him properly... and Dumbledore knew it!! I am glad to see that Severus has the right awareness regarding the risk Harry is in at the moment... and as he is both highly intelligent and creative, I trust him (through you) to nip this in the bud! Harry has already experienced far, far more than enough torture, time for him to start learning what it will take to defeat the monster. Eagerly looking forward to more!
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